So le-ch ann el-cementing apparatus



(No Model.)

W. GORDON.

SOLE CHANNEL GEMBNTING APPARATUS.

Patented 00's. 9, 1888..

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SOLE-CHANNEL-CEMENTING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,773, dated October 9, 1888.

Application filed May 26, 1888. Serial No. 275,180. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM GORDON, of Melrose, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sole-Ohannel-Oe-- menting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for applying to the channels of boot and shoe soles the cement whereby the iiap which covers the channel is secured to the sole in position to close the channel.

The invention 'consists in the combination, with a reservoir for cement, of a brush cour municating with the reservoir, so that the cement will flow from the reservoir-into and through the brush, and means for moving the brush, the arrangement being such that the opcrator,holding the boot or shoe in his hands, can present the sole to the brush, which is caused bythe movement imparted to it to lay the cement upon the sole, the operator moving the sole as required to present all parts of the channel to the brush.

The invention also consists in the combination, with a reservoir and a brush connected therewith, of a rest or guide to support the edge of the sole in the proper relation to the brush, all of which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l represents a perspective view of an apparatus having my improvements. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view of the brush and its connection with the reservoir. Fig. 3 represents asimilar View of a modification.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

Referring to Figs. land 2, a represents a tank or reservoir to contain cement. b represents the brush,which is provided with a tubular shank, through which cement may flow to the bristles of the brush. Said shank is secured to a tubular arm or conduit, c, adapted to convey cement to the shank, said arm inclosing and being adapted to move upon the perforated end of a tube, d,which is connected with the lower portion of the reservoir, the perforations d in said tube `*permitting the cement to liow from it into the arm e and through the latter to the brush. The brush projects downwardly, and is arranged so that the operator, holding a boot or shoe sole upward in his hands, can present the sole to the brush and move the sole about to subject all parts of the channel to the action of the brush.

I prefer to provide a rest, f, against which the operator may hold the edge of the sole, said rest being afxed to any suitable support and arranged to support the sole with the channel in the proper relation to the brush.

To insure the sufficiently rapid flow of the cement through the brush and the uniform spreading of the cement on the channel, I provide means for moving the brush. The means shown in Figs. l and 2 are adapted to oscillate the brush in a short are, and consist of a lever, h, attached to the arm c, and a shaft, i, journaled in bearingsjj, and having a disk or crank, It, at one end, the Wrist-pin Z of which enters a slot, m, in the lever h. The shaft is rotated by power applied in any suitable way, as bya belt, a, and its rotation causes the wrist-pin to oscillate the lever h, arm c, and brush b, the arm e being mounted to oscillate on the tube cl.

I do not limit myself to an oscillating inotion of the brush, but may adapt it to be rotated, as shown in Fig. 3, by providing the outlet-tube d with a vertical bearing, o, for the arm c, said bearing being chambered out to permit the cement to flow around the arm e, said arm having perforations c', through which the cement flows to the brush. The arm c in this case has a shaft, r, attached to it instead of the lever h, said shaft being journaled in bearings and rotated by any suitable means, so as to rotate the brush on its axial center. Any other suitable means may be adopted for moving the brush without departing from the spirit of the invention.

To insure thetlow of the cement to the brush, an air-pump, t, is arranged to force air into the upper part of the reservoir, and thus exert pressure on the cement, which tends to force the latter to the brush. A suitable valve, u, is provided,\vhereby the ilow of cement to the brush may be shut oft'.

The apparatus herein described may be used for applying cement to the entire surface of a IOO sole instead of to the Channel only. The brush may be made wider than here shown, if desired.

I claim-- 1. In a soleehaunelceu1enting apparatus, the reservoir having a tube projecting` there from and the vertically-disposed brush having a tubulararln pivoted on and having con ueetiou with said tube, whereby cement is conveyed from said reservoir through said brush, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a sole-ehannel-eementing apparatus, the combination, with a reservoir for cement and au outlet-tube therefor, ol a verticallydisposed arm Communicating with and held by said tube, and a brush seeu red to the lower end of said arm, and means for moving the arm and brush on said outlet tube, substantially as shown and described.

3. The Combination ol'a reservoir for cement, an outlet-tube,d,thereior, a tubular arm fitted to oseillate on said tube and Communicating seribing` Witnesses, thisI 23d day of May, A.. D. 1888.

`\VILLIAM` GORDON.

Wi t n esses:

C. F. BROWN, A. D. HnueisoN.

to this speeifieation,in the presence of two sub- 35 

